#44238B#44238B

#44238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.160 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#44238B
RGB	rgb(68, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 40.72, -52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 66.19, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0571 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.16 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6438, 4.2948, 24.8473)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#44238B #6A8B23

analogous

#23368B #44238B #78238B

triadic

#44238B #8B4423 #238B44

tetradic

#44238B #8B2336 #6A8B23 #238B78

square

#44238B #8B2336 #6A8B23 #238B78

split-complementary

#44238B #8B7823 #368B23

monochromatic

#140A29 #2C175A #44238B #5C2FBC #7D54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#44238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#44238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #44238B

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##44238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##44238B	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #44238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.160 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061ae',
    500: '#44238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #44238b;
$custom-light: #8061ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#44238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.038,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36832,
    "c": 0.16031,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#44238B

secondary

#98B852

accent

#E345B1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #44238B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →